A colleague of mine tried to get a taxi from Fenchurch street to Euston yesterday - she found three other commuters to share with her but not a single taxi would take them! Apparently the combination of fixed fares and heavy traffic meant that it wasn't worth their while to take people under the scheme.

Another Boris initiative that it is totally useless in practice. Score!!

Alternative Travel arrangements in London were pants! Bus lanes blocked with deliveries, roadworks all over the place and empty tourist buses just there! Londoner's need joined up Government and planning - not what we have seen during this strike - All soundbite and waffle with no reality on the ground! We can't let the Capital be held to ransom by small group of Teamsters!

Boris doesn't care a hoot about the praticalities, remember. He's skilled at making the right noises to assure his backers who as a rule don't ride bikes or share taxis. (Might be worth checking how many taxis Brian Coleman shared over that 48 hours?)

In addition, it's worth noting how Boris failed to even be involved with any negotiations with RMT which is ABC in management and disputes.I think, except for the hardened opponents of Ken, they'd recognise that disputes have to be negotaited and that (despite all the rhetoric) Ken did have a good record of settling such disputes (not always well, but usually they fizzled out)